Using invisible buildings kinda defeats the purpose of using a tool designed to give accurate stats the way PIMX does. Farms can be more forgiving, as they don't upgrade, but I feel that's all the more reason to give them accurate stats to start with.
No no no. Don't ever shrink the LOD. You can adjust the filling degree, if necessary, but that's totally different.
Sorry, yes, of course. This was indeed missleading, I changed the wording in my post. Not to change the LOD of the model file but the occupant size which is generated from the LOD by pim-x. So each time you create a bulilding or prop from the model in pim-x or recalculate from the model, the occupant size will be rewritten and overriden by the size of the LOD.
I must confess, all of my farms have virtual LODs with manually adjusted occupant size- and all models being props. For many years I'm working this way- let's hope I didn't break the game for hundreds of players.
Again, no. There very few valid reasons to manually alter the Occupant Size. There is certainly nothing in the PIMX User Guide about doing that.
There is the option to Rebuild Occupant Size from Model. If you've followed the directions in the User Guide to create the building desc to start with, then this isn't necessary. If you are updating an existing lot, then this would be a good first step. But even then, you should pay attention to changes made, especially for width and depth.
I need to get around to checking your LEX uploads anyway, to certify them or not. So let's take
this one as an example.
360 Main Street and Four Seasons seem fine. You've used a filling degree lower than the default, but it's appropriate for these models.
For the Moscow Bank, you've used an invisible building. Considering the original is an immortal lot, this is appropriate for keeping the 3x3 lot size. But it does make the modding a bit trickier. In order to do it all in PIMX, then you'll want to change the Occupant Size of the invisible building to the same size as the actual model, then choose an appropriate filling degree. I would say 0.7, as the model does take up much more than half of the LOD's volume. Once these stats are finalized properly, you should Rebuild the Occupant Size from Model, then click Save and create the lot. This would provide a stage 11 3x3 lot with 3256 CO$$$ jobs.
I have no idea how you came up with the stats you've given the lot. And I don't understand using a smaller filling degree for the model, as it does consume much more than half of the LOD.
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